Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji identify the Most Valuable Players of World Cup 2019.
IMAGE: Rohit Sharma. Photograph: Henry Browne/Getty Images
The top three players in the Most Valuable Player list of the 2019 World Cup are Rohit Sharma (MVPI: 767), Shakib Al Hasan (746) and Ben Stokes (725).
The most impactful in terms of actually winning the World Cup was Ben Stokes; when he was playing that final, he seemed to be in a completely different zone.
After the 2015 World Cup, that contained a large number of insignificant matches, the 2019 version seems better.
The semi-final line-up was decided at the very end of the league stage, and the top 60 contains players from every country.
IMAGE: Ben Stokes scored 84 not out from 98 balls to help England tie the game and force a Super Over in the World cup final. Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty Images
The 60 most valuable players in 2019 World Cup
| Rank | Player | Team | Runs | Top Score | Four | Six | Strike Rate | Wickets | Economy | Maidens | MVPI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rohit Sharma | IND | 648 | 140 | 66 | 10 | 98.3 | 0 | - | 9 | 767 |
| 2 | Shakib Al Hasan | BAN | 482 | 121 | 44 | 2 | 90.6 | 9 | 5.2 | 7 | 746 |
| 3 | Ben Stokes | ENG | 465 | 89 | 38 | 11 | 93.2 | 7 | 4.8 | 11 | 725 |
| 4 | Mitchell Starc | AUS | 68 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 89.5 | 27 | 5.4 | 10 | 722 |
| 5 | Joe Root | ENG | 556 | 107 | 48 | 2 | 89.5 | 2 | 5.5 | 11 | 710 |
| 6 | David Warner | AUS | 647 | 166 | 66 | 8 | 89.4 | 0 | - | 10 | 706 |
| 7 | Aaron Finch | AUS | 507 | 153 | 47 | 18 | 102 | 1 | 6.7 | 10 | 670 |
| 8 | Jonny Bairstow | ENG | 532 | 111 | 67 | 11 | 92.8 | 0 | - | 11 | 642 |
| 9 | James Neesham | NZ | 232 | 97 | 16 | 5 | 78.9 | 15 | 5.4 | 10 | 607 |
| 10 | Kane Williamson | NZ | 578 | 148 | 50 | 3 | 75 | 2 | 4.3 | 10 | 605 |
| 11 | Jason Roy | ENG | 443 | 153 | 51 | 12 | 115.4 | 0 | - | 8 | 571 |
| 12 | Alex Carey | AUS | 375 | 85 | 46 | 2 | 104.2 | 0 | - | 10 | 563 |
| 13 | Chris Woakes | ENG | 134 | 40 | 9 | 3 | 89.9 | 16 | 5.2 | 11 | 563 |
| 14 | Jofra Archer | ENG | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 59.1 | 20 | 4.6 | 11 | 561 |
| 15 | Lockie Ferguson | NZ | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 66.7 | 21 | 4.9 | 9 | 547 |
| 16 | Jos Buttler | ENG | 312 | 103 | 22 | 8 | 122.8 | 0 | - | 11 | 527 |
| 17 | Virat Kohli | IND | 443 | 82 | 38 | 2 | 94.1 | 0 | - | 9 | 524 |
| 18 | Babar Azam | PAK | 474 | 101 | 50 | 2 | 87.8 | 0 | - | 8 | 523 |
| 19 | Hardik Pandya | IND | 226 | 48 | 21 | 4 | 112.4 | 10 | 5.7 | 9 | 510 |
| 20 | Trent Boult | NZ | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 52.6 | 17 | 4.8 | 10 | 505 |
| 21 | JaspritBumrah | IND | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 18 | 4.4 | 9 | 505 |
| 22 | Eoin Morgan | ENG | 371 | 148 | 26 | 22 | 111.1 | 0 | - | 11 | 496 |
| 23 | Mushfiqur Rahim | BAN | 366 | 102 | 30 | 3 | 93.6 | 0 | - | 7 | 484 |
| 24 | Mark Wood | ENG | 11 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 91.7 | 18 | 5.2 | 10 | 472 |
| 25 | Mohammad Amir | PAK | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 78.6 | 17 | 4.9 | 8 | 465 |
| 26 | Faf du Plessis | SA | 387 | 100 | 36 | 4 | 89.6 | 0 | - | 9 | 464 |
| 27 | Pat Cummins | AUS | 51 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 75 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 432 |
| 28 | Steven Smith | AUS | 379 | 85 | 33 | 2 | 85.9 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 431 |
| 29 | Colin de Grandhomme | NZ | 190 | 64 | 16 | 4 | 100.5 | 6 | 4.2 | 10 | 431 |
| 30 | Chris Morris | SA | 74 | 42 | 4 | 3 | 121.3 | 13 | 5.4 | 8 | 415 |
| 31 | Nicholas Pooran | WI | 342 | 118 | 31 | 9 | 101.8 | 0 | - | 8 | 409 |
| 32 | Shaheen Afridi | PAK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 399 |
| 33 | Matt Henry | NZ | 18 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 72 | 14 | 4.9 | 9 | 390 |
| 34 | Andile Phehlukwayo | SA | 133 | 46 | 16 | 2 | 85.3 | 11 | 5.4 | 9 | 389 |
| 35 | Liam Plunkett | ENG | 62 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 151.2 | 11 | 4.9 | 7 | 378 |
| 36 | KusalPerera | SL | 273 | 78 | 32 | 1 | 111 | 0 | - | 7 | 376 |
| 37 | Quinton de Kock | SA | 305 | 68 | 34 | 4 | 86.9 | 0 | - | 9 | 375 |
| 38 | Mohammad Nabi | AFG | 107 | 52 | 5 | 2 | 64.1 | 10 | 4.7 | 9 | 368 |
| 39 | Jason Holder | WI | 137 | 51 | 12 | 6 | 97.2 | 8 | 5.4 | 8 | 366 |
| 40 | Sheldon Cottrell | WI | 33 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 70.2 | 12 | 5.7 | 8 | 362 |
| 41 | Usman Khawaja | AUS | 316 | 89 | 30 | 1 | 88.3 | 0 | - | 9 | 359 |
| 42 | Kagiso Rabada | SA | 58 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 82.9 | 11 | 5.1 | 9 | 353 |
| 43 | Rassie van der Dussen | SA | 311 | 95 | 14 | 10 | 90.4 | 0 | - | 9 | 350 |
| 44 | Wahab Riaz | PAK | 88 | 45 | 5 | 6 | 127.5 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 347 |
| 45 | Mohammed Shami | IND | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 | 14 | 5.5 | 4 | 347 |
| 46 | Chris Gayle | WI | 242 | 87 | 26 | 12 | 92.7 | 2 | 4.5 | 8 | 339 |
| 47 | Carlos Brathwaite | WI | 154 | 101 | 13 | 8 | 106.2 | 9 | 7.3 | 8 | 339 |
| 48 | KL Rahul | IND | 361 | 111 | 31 | 5 | 77.5 | 0 | - | 9 | 339 |
| 49 | MS Dhoni | IND | 273 | 56 | 20 | 5 | 87.8 | 0 | - | 9 | 337 |
| 50 | Gulbadin Naib | AFG | 194 | 47 | 20 | 2 | 79.8 | 9 | 6.4 | 9 | 336 |
| 51 | MustafizurRahaman | BAN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 | 17 | 6.7 | 7 | 330 |
| 52 | Mohammad Hafeez | PAK | 253 | 84 | 22 | 5 | 88.8 | 2 | 5.9 | 8 | 315 |
| 53 | Ross Taylor | NZ | 350 | 82 | 29 | 2 | 75.3 | 0 | - | 10 | 313 |
| 54 | Adil Rashid | ENG | 45 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 118.4 | 11 | 5.7 | 11 | 302 |
| 55 | Imran Tahir | SA | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 68.8 | 11 | 4.9 | 9 | 300 |
| 56 | Martin Guptill | NZ | 186 | 73 | 22 | 4 | 84.2 | 0 | - | 10 | 290 |
| 57 | Imam-Ul-Haq | PAK | 305 | 100 | 31 | 1 | 76.3 | 0 | - | 8 | 287 |
| 58 | Imad Wasim | PAK | 162 | 49 | 20 | 1 | 118.2 | 2 | 4.8 | 6 | 272 |
| 59 | Najibullah Zadran | AFG | 230 | 51 | 25 | 4 | 88.8 | 0 | - | 8 | 267 |
| 60 | Soumya Sarkar | BAN | 137 | 42 | 22 | 0 | 97.2 | 4 | 6.5 | 7 | 266 |
